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Thursday, 13 August 2026

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Our first time in Verona

Next week, Ngai Yeung is headed out to Epic’s annual Users Group Meeting at the electronic health record giant’s headquarters in Verona, Wisconsin.

Last year, the meeting generated a ton of speculation and reporting around what Epic was going to do about AI scribing (and Epic did go on to release AI assistants that can transcribe and draft clinical notes). This year, we weren’t going to pass up a chance to attend.

We’ll be watching to see what new announcements come out, as well as trying to get a sense of where Epic’s leadership stands after a few key departures over the summer. As Epic continues to roll out AI tools, including ones for doctors and patients as well as those focused on billing, we’re looking at how its expansion is affecting everyone else — from what hospitals still want to buy, to how investors and startups are responding.

But in general, we’re watching to see how a company like Epic continues to confront an industry that’s seeing widespread AI adoption and finding new ways to use the data stored within EHRs.

I’m also very much looking forward to hearing more about what it’s like to be at Epic’s campus itself — some day I’ll get up there!

Are you attending? Be sure to say hi to Ngai if you see her, or message her to meet up.

- Lydia

Here’s what’s new

Exclusive: Aligned Marketplace raises $20M to match employers with primary care

A startup that connects self-insured employers with primary care clinics has raised $20 million in funding, Endpoints News learned exclusively.

Eli Lilly files first lawsuits over retatrutide 'black market'

Eli Lilly has sued six US companies for selling what they claim is the pharma giant’s investigational diabetes and weight loss drug retatrutide, which is still undergoing clinical trials.

ICHRA interest

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The number of US businesses offering individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRA) or qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangements in 2026, according to data from the HRA Council. That’s up from about 13,000 businesses offering the arrangements in 2025.

This week in health Тech

Commure, the startup automating healthcare administrative work, has grown quickly in part by paying customers to refer its products to other organizations, STAT News reports. Under one contract, a Commure customer agreed to refer $750,000 in new business to the company within a year, but would be charged $66,000 if he failed, according to the report.

Innovaccer is raising $250 million, Axios reports. The health IT company last raised $275 million in January 2025.

Gemini users can now book appointments with Zocdoc. I’ve long been curious when we’d start to see these types of relationships between health tech companies and AI giants emerge.

Oracle Health made its revamped patient portal available to users in the US. It’s part of Oracle’s push to build an AI-focused health record.

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